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Industry Professionals Set to Speak at 2023 McCollough Forum

Desktop News | February 2023 Industry professionals from around the country will address students at the annual Susan N. and Gaylon McCollough Medical Scholars Forum Feb. 10 at Shelby Hall.  The forum, designed to prepare students pursuing medical and health science professions, will begin with a lecture by Dr. Jeffery Bishop, a social and moral philosopher and physician, who teaches medical ethics and philosophy. Professor Bishop holds the Tenet Endowed Chair in Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University and […]

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Healthcare Professionals to Speak at 2022 McCollough Forum

From the February 2022 Desktop News | Medical professionals from around the southeast will address students at the 20th annual Susan N. and Gaylon McCollough Medical Scholars Forum Feb. 11 at Smith Hall.   The forum, designed to prepare students pursuing medical and health science professions, will begin with a lecture by Dr. B.L. Stalnaker, a doctor of gynecology with a private practice in Pensacola, Florida. He will lead a discussion titled “Reflection on the Future of Medicine.” Board-certified by the American […]

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A&S Junior Creates Group to Combat Vaccine Misinformation

Kyle Boden and Crystal Tao

From the January 2022 Desktop News | In December 2020, junior biological sciences major and McCollough Pre-Medical Scholar Kyle Boden heard that a new vaccine was becoming available to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. He, like many others around the country, was excited by the prospect. But this was quickly dampened by the spread of misinformation, which ran rampant on social media. Boden knew he had to do something.  Boden, who hails from Santa Clara, California, and his friend, Crystal Tao, who is […]

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A Prominent UA Alumni Couple Contributes the Largest Arts and Sciences Endowment in More Than Two Decades

From the May 2017 Desktop News | Two prominent University of Alabama alumni, Dr. E. Gaylon and Mrs. Susan N. McCollough, have gifted the College of Arts and Sciences with its largest academic endowment in more than two decades – for the purpose of creating two unprecedented initiatives: The Dr. E. Gaylon McCollough Institute for Pre-Medical Scholars and the Susan N. McCollough Art Biennale. The Institute, which is slated to be considered by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees in June 2017 […]

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